Good start. The Eagles were a bit sloppy at times, but mostly played well. The Cards were also sloppy at times.

Big difference, aside from turnovers, seems to be the Eagles get chunk plays and the Cards having to drive the field. The one TD for them came when an intermediate play turned into a long TD. Thanks for nothing, Mr Chung.

Eagles get the ball to open the 2nd half. Let’s get some points and make the Cards one-dimensional.

Go Eagles !

BlindChow

Ugh, I hope they don’t get conservative. On offense OR defense…

Eric Carranza

Flashbacks to both redskins games -.-

Corry

Chip should probably just burn that whole section of his playbook.

Andy124

Seriously, if they go 75% run starting in the 3rd I will have to send Chip and unpleasant letter.

ACViking

If Eagles score 7 off KO — or whenever Eagles get up by 17 — I think we *Should* see lots more of Fitzgerald.

If we don’t, then Bill Davis is a master DC.

OregonDucker

We get the kickoff. Can’t wait to see our offense and its strategy – 2nd half lead.

Eric Carranza

Smart to kneel after that bounce

scratcherk

brad smith on returns. the only place he should be

scratcherk

first down before slide please.

scratcherk

nice juke foles.

Crus57

When Foles falls forwards, there’s a lot of him to fall.

Dragon_Eagle

Wounded Giraffe – I really can’t think of a more apt description.

TheRogerPodacter

welp. that was an ugly pass from Foles. can’t say i’ve said that too many times, but there it is

Crus57

I think he thought he had more pressure on him than there actually was.

TheRogerPodacter

which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. you gotta have that internal clock that tells you to get rid of the ball. but he’s still gotta make a better pass

TheRogerPodacter

and a timeout early in the quarter because the clock got down too low? what is going on!??! lol

SteveH

The spectre of andy reid.

TheRogerPodacter

COOP!

Andy124

Go ahead. Blitz. Nick dares you.

Andy124

That’s the kind of runs I want to see with Bryce.

Corry

Yes. More please.

ACViking

Run him out of the “I”

TheRogerPodacter

i want more of this. he had like 8 yards to run just to get back to the LOS

Crus57

Ohhhh Djax 🙁

Dragon_Eagle

Ouch

TheRogerPodacter

OUCH. they read the shit out of that play

scratcherk

sheldown brown- reggie bush flashbacks.

Dragon_Eagle

Nice throw.

GEAGLE

Kelce just owned them on the presnap checks so FOles could have time to hit Coop..picked up that blitz beautifully..big block by Bryce..
…
ERTTTTTTZZZYYY!!!

TheRogerPodacter

damn. Celek and Ertz are having huge games

GEAGLE

Coop, and the TEs was how you attack this sweet in the gut king hippo defense

TheRogerPodacter

that looked like a broken screen play

SteveH

great throw to Ertz there.

TheRogerPodacter

hah! who runs it on 3rd and 10? we do.

TheRogerPodacter

had the bubble screen behind Lane as a good option as well

Crus57

Foles is on FIRE

GEAGLE

Just another day at the office bro,.get used to it

Andy124

19

BlindChow

NINETEEN!

TheRogerPodacter

HAHAHHAHA amazing

Eric Carranza

Looks like tommy was wrong 2tds for ertz

Corry

BEAUTIFUL!

GEAGLE

ERTZZZZZZZYYYY!!!
…
hashtag RAINMAKER!!!

jshort

Cards on their heels

ToastJenkins

Foles just continues to impress…i love it

OregonDucker

Kill them ALL Foles!!!

GEAGLE

Shedding tears of Joy……
..
FOles should get a tear tattooed under his left eye like the gangster he is..in memory of MURDERING ANOTHER top ranked defense with top CB

T_S_O_P

Boo yaka sha

SteveH

Just gonna leave this here.

Corry

Cuz it’s so pretty.

TheRogerPodacter

AZ is just sitting back and letting Foles beat them. and thats exactly what he’s doing

scratcherk

where’s mikey miss crying right now?

shah8

Still not where my expectations are for an NFL starter, but that was one of the better series I’ve seen from Foles. Doing what he does well, with those throws to the TE in the middle of the field…

SteveH

Seriously dude, give it up…

shah8

Not stumping for anything. Just calling like I see it.

SteveH

smh, try and enjoy it while Foles breaks records if you can.

Eric Carranza

That was number 19, 1 from tying Peyton right?

Andy124

correct.

GEAGLE

With all do respect, from the bottom of my heart, you sir are a fuckin idiot!!!!
..
Sorry Tom, but enough is enough

If the Cardinal’s offense wasn’t so pathetic, we’d be in trouble. Four and out in this situation is not good at all.

TheRogerPodacter

they are pretty squarely in the middle of the league. not sure i’d call that pathetic… but ok.

Anders

and if the Cards defense wasnt so good, we would have scored 40 points. What is your point?

GvilleEagleFan

They scored 40 last week…

Dragon_Eagle

Zona is going to have to start taking some real shots down the field soon.

TheRogerPodacter

COME ON DEFENSE! GET THE BALL BACK!

TheRogerPodacter

kendricks is back in the game

shah8

That pass to Fitzgerald, just now…

scratcherk

not a catch, thank you

FairOaks

Mmm… might give him that. Looked like he had control by the time it touched the ground. Best hope is not enough evidence to overturn.

scratcherk

yea, on replay, im thinking hte same but hope not enough to overturn

Insomniac

The ball is clearly moving and he’s still trying to control it.

TheRogerPodacter

after he bobbles it, it looks like he traps it against the ground

Eric Carranza

Yeah n since it was rules incomplete hopefully they have to stick with that call

jshort

cards wasting time out

Insomniac

That’s incomplete.

Spooonius

I think that they’re going to reverse the call. It looked like he has control

TheRogerPodacter

even after he got up, the ball is still moving. can’t say he had control of it if the ball does indeed hit the ground

Andy124

Better not overturn that.

Andy124

If it is a catch, he’s down by contact a couple yards short of where he ended up.

GEAGLE

You can’t overturn this

scratcherk

not enough to overturn IMO

scratcherk

f u ref

Dragon_Eagle

Boooo!

TheRogerPodacter

fuck. thats BS

Andy124

I do not approve.

Crus57

Not enough Bullshit in the world for that call. No way you overturn that.

ACViking

No need to mention how Replay is WORTHLESS

Corry

…the wheels are coming off.

GEAGLE

Stop it. TO!!

TheRogerPodacter

jesus christ. how does Palmer throw this ball up into double coverage and complete it?!?!

scratcherk

Boy-king!

ACViking

BIG RECEIVERS MATTER

Insomniac

Getting shafted by the refs..what’s new?

Dragon_Eagle

Boyking!

GEAGLE

We bend before…let’s not break boys. TURNOVER TIME!!

Andy124

pushups

ToastJenkins

why cant it ever be easy…

TheRogerPodacter

there you go boykin.

shah8

Well, I spoke too soon about the quality of the Cardinals offense this game. Hope I didn’t jinx..

Spooonius

That’s BS

GEAGLE

They got every call we get none? This is insanity

TheRogerPodacter

looks to me like hte defender initiated contact…. but Roc had his hand on the jersey…

Andy124

These refs are killing us. We’re getting outnumbered.

DamonL86

so glad we left them hanging around

Dragon_Eagle

OK. We;ve done this before. 7 shots from 1 yard line. No points.

Patrick

Zebras need glasses.

TheRogerPodacter

ok, theres one. give me more defense.

GEAGLE

DEFENSE!!!!

scratcherk

well that was easy

TheRogerPodacter

jesus christ. that guy was wide open…. wtf.

GEAGLE

FOles time!!!!

ACViking

Every team runs that scrape play. Eagles included

BlindChow

Wow, it now feels like we’re going to lose this one. Another 4th quarter collapse.

GEAGLE

Nope!!

Corry

Kendricks looking in the backfield.

TheRogerPodacter

looks like kendricks lost him…

Corry

Kendricks was just staring into the backfield.

shah8

Well…shit. At least it was because the Cardinals playing well instead of Chung being Chung…

TheRogerPodacter

all right offense. get your shit together and get some points!

Dragon_Eagle

Good thing we have all that time remaining on the clock to rebuild the lead. Otherwise I’d be concerned.

ACViking

WHY has the Cards’ pass defense shut down the Eagles’ passing game?

What are the Cards doing?

TheRogerPodacter

Foles just looks off to me. he’s had a few chances.

GEAGLE

FOles ain’t the problem..not always gonna be roses. He made enough plays, idiots like Avant and Kurt are killing us???we should have 35 points by now

Andy124

Personally, Foles has looked really inaccurate this half. I don’t know if he got dinged or what.

Dragon_Eagle

On the WRs, they are playing tight, tight coverage. Not a lot of separation.

Anders

Well the Cards is one of the best defenses. They changed things and was able to get more pressure.

GEAGLE

OMG I’m soo tired of them bringing up oregon

TheRogerPodacter

right? LOL
i swear its only the eagles games that they bring up this time of possession shit…

Spooonius

It’s REALLY annoying

Andy124

encroachment.

TheRogerPodacter

cards are itching to go at the snap. time to draw them offsides.

Insomniac

Wow…Josh Gordon and Alshon Jeffery is tearing up this week too.

BlindChow

Oh god, not another 3 and out…

truthchief

Once again, play calling stinks.

Corry

Did we decided to not put the starters back out on the offensive line in the 2nd half?

Crus57

NOOOOooo

Crus57

Correction: PHEEEEwwww

ACViking

center of the Eagles’ o-line dominated by Cards

TheRogerPodacter

UGH GODDAMMIT

GEAGLE

Flag no dice

scratcherk

anus unclenching.

Spooonius

We got one

Andy124

better to be lucky that good

TheRogerPodacter

that makes up for the punt return touchdown penalty

Dragon_Eagle

I really do believe that I would not feel any emptiness in my life, if I was spared the wit and wisdom of Tony Siragusa.

GEAGLE

What an idiot…as if we are gonna huddle up and let them substitute

Corry

tick, tick, tick, tick…

GEAGLE

UNBALANCED LINE TIME!!!!

Crus57

Only McCoy could make 4 guys miss and still only get 2 yards.

Crus57

This is a good thing, btw.

TheRogerPodacter

they aren’t respecting foles on the keeper at all

Patrick

He burning them now

TheRogerPodacter

i guess they saw that one coming!

Crus57

They’re reading this!

Patrick

Well to be fair, if I did, they should have seen that coming last quarter. Im a Dane for god sakes, what do i know.

DamonL86

come on

SeanofDead

Awful…..awful play calling.

Scott

read option is a staple of chip kelly’s offense. this is why foles isn’t starting next year.

GEAGLE

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

TheRogerPodacter

didn’t we get a penalty for slamming a runner to the ground? isn’t that EXACTLY what just happened?!

scratcherk

if foles was 40 lbs lighter, that would have been a penalty

GEAGLE

DEFENSE!! DEFENSE!! DEFENSE!!! Go take your respect boys!!!

shah8

Someone unjinx me NOW NOW NOW!!!

Dragon_Eagle

OK. Here we go. Game is on the defense.

GEAGLE

Love it!!! Let’s do this

ToastJenkins

come on D…one more stop

Insomniac

These 3 and outs…you would think that Chip would realize that this shit doesn’t work already after the bye.

DamonL86

overtime and then loss incoming

GEAGLE

Blah blah blah…you must not be paying attention to your eagles defense

GEAGLE

Down vote me all you want, this D isn’t breaking. NOT TODAY!!!

DamonL86

glad to be wrong

TheRogerPodacter

loooks like we’re not going to cover that guy!?

Corry

Those guys with the cardinals on their helmets…yeah we should cover them.

xlGmanlx

I don’t care who is under center, if you don’t do anything in the 4th QTR, you aren’t going to win games late and in the playoffs.

OregonDucker

Well, the test begins…

TommyLawlor

I’m dying on the inside.

GEAGLE

This is how you go get respect!! We have bent before,,,this is not the time to break!!! NOT TODAY boys

ACViking

Whatever happens, I’m disappointed with the performance of the entire Eagles’ offense after the 10:00 minute mark of the 3rd Q.

The Cards’ defense is good.

It’s not the 1991 Eagles.

truthchief

Why do we always struggle with the Cardinals?

scratcherk

thank you carson

TheRogerPodacter

do they go for it on 4th?

Andy124

definitely.

Andy124

1 more play!

Dragon_Eagle

Make some NOIZ!!!

TheRogerPodacter

LETS GO DEFENSE!

Crus57

FLETCHER!

BlindChow

Whew. Close one.

Corry

I think my heart stopped for a second…

xlGmanlx

I don’t care how many snaps the Oline has played all season, they got beat a lot today. That has something to do with the second half

jshort

ye of such little faith

shah8

And that’s game.

Andy124

YES!

GEAGLE

That’s how you go get your FUCKIN RESPECT BOYS!!!

scratcherk

mccoy td please.

Patrick

Great coverage by Fletch!

Dragon_Eagle

Defense deserves the lion’s share of credit for this win. 21 points given all the opportunities the Cards had. Impressive.

Also, thank god we have a RZ offense.

TheRogerPodacter

you can’t call a penalty on Fletcher on that play after not calling all of the other ones earlier in the game. i applaud the refs for their consistency, i guess…

Crus57

That sounds awfully rational, this is NFL refs we’re talking about.

ACViking

game not over.

TD clinches

Andy124

ballsy enough to go play action on 2nd down?

Andy124

Nope. Playing for 3.

TheRogerPodacter

games not over yet, folks. cards can still get the ball back if we don’t get a first down.

Patrick

Pound the rock Chippah!

ACViking

Please, Kelly, don’t settle for a FG.

ToastJenkins

take a shot at the endzone, Chip. go for the kill

BlindChow

The way our offense is playing, I say FG.

TheRogerPodacter

i agree. i’m not terribly confident in them right now

Dragon_Eagle

Run the ball. Make the Cards use all their timeouts. Do NOT throw.

Andy124

If you didn’t throw it on 2nd, I really don’t think you throw it on 3rd.

scratcherk

get a high percentage throw for first here.

shah8

The use of the time out early in the quarter looms big here. With that one time out, Arians would have punted.

scratcherk

obvious hold there.

BlindChow

Holding on defense?

BlindChow

They held Celek.

BlindChow

Wait, who is 85?

Andy124

Casey?

TheRogerPodacter

Casey

Crus57

Casey

GEAGLE

Defensive holding

jshort

7-5

TheRogerPodacter

hah way to take as much time as possible off the clock with that play!

Andy124

Stayed in bounds too. Auto first down. Take a knee.

shah8

Now it’s game.

Corry

Shut up Moose.

ACViking

the threat of Nick Foles CAUSED that holding!

Dragon_Eagle

Shut up Moose.

Insomniac

Foles is crumbling now,

TheRogerPodacter

you grab the arm and delay the release of the runner, its holding. what else do you want?!

Spooonius

that is absolutely a hold

scratcherk

Moose is a dumb fuck

Dan Koller

Holding the jersey and continuing to hold…I guess “hold” means something different for the crew calling the game than it does for the rest of the world

BlindChow

I’m just glad the refs saw it.

SteveH

Jesus shut up Moose that was an obvious hold, holy shit.

GEAGLE

Call the WHAAAAAAmbulance bitches!

BlindChow

Foles thought about keeping and running with that first kneel down…

ToastJenkins

Love the playcall. without the hold Casey walks into the endzone.

Anders

yep, not sure why they are mad. Dont hold the guy who was designed to get the ball

OregonDucker

Great game by all.

BlindChow

Well, that was a tight one. I would have been a lot more comfortable with one more TD drive…

Crus57

The Philadelphia Eagles – sponsored by your local Cardiac ward.

Eric Carranza

Jackson had a td punt return too bad it was called back

ICDogg

too close for comfort, but whew.

GEAGLE

FLY EAGLES FLY!!!!!
..
DEFENSE! DEFENSE! DEFENSE!!
..
Not gonna be pretty for 60 min, but so important for a young team to learn to claw and scratch no matter what adversity…
…
We beat a good team making a lot of mistakes…imagine what happens when this young team cleans it up!!
.
we BATTLED today!!!

ToastJenkins

thats the toughest game out of the last 5. D stepped up and Foles did alright vs a talented defense. have to like how Chip has this team performing so soon in his tenure

Corry

The whole “Let’s play really well for 2.5 quarters and then shit the bed and let the other team into it” is going to cause me to die an early death.

Andy124

It’ll be a race to the grave.

My money’s on me.

Corry

Take comfort in knowing you won’t be the last one.

scratcherk

btw, how was that anything but a hold?

Dragon_Eagle

That was a good win against a tough team; a playoff team. Granted, I would prefer 56-0, but those are the kind of games that help the team grow.

Headed in the right direction.

xlGmanlx

Terrible 4th QTR by the “O” and kelly’s play calling, bailed again, AGAIN, by the defense. Two turn overs by the D giving the igg’s great field position and the O goes 3 and out. I think the O line is too up and down, see ya next week. Great start to rebuilding the franchise, playing with house money.

Anders

I give them some leeway this game. The Cards was a top 3 defense.

SteveH

Someone needs to examine Moose’s head with all that bitching about the holding call, there were definitely some iffy calls this game but that was not one of them. I love how they only showed the replay once too because if they showed it again he would have had to eat his words. I don’t understand these analysts sometimes they have to have the same damn replays we do, how do they fuck up so hard.

Crus57

Fullbacks not brain well.

Corry

Kenny, Moose, and Goose are awful.

Crus57

No, they’re below average. Phil Simms is awful.

jshort

there were more against us

BlindChow

I think he just wanted the Eagles to lose because they didn’t huddle and run out the clock in the 4th. He wanted them to pay for such non-standard practice.

Buge Halls

Yep – the jersey pull at then end was the hold! It was pretty obvious.

Crus57

As Tommy pointed out on twitter, that is the 8th straight team the Eagles D has held to 21pts or under.

Anders

I got a question. In late game situations where we know we are going to run only. Would Vick be a better QB? He would be able to pick up more yards on the keepers and he might give more room for the RB

Crus57

Not an awful idea, however it relies on Vick not being rusty and/or getting injured.

Corry

And relies on him not turning the ball over.

Buge Halls

I don’t trust Vick not turning the ball over EVER!

Dragon_Eagle

Agreed. Vick, unfortunately, is turnover prone trying to make things happen. Nick has earned the trust to be in there with the game on the line.

Andy124

no

anon

Id say no, not b/c of the douches below but because it’d be obvious what you are doing. It’d probably work for a game or two. I also think Vick would get hurt during one of those 40yds runs.

BlindChow

Did we use much play-action in the second half? It seems like we do better with play action passes, especially when the box has been stacked to stop McCoy.

Dragon_Eagle

Let’s go Vikings!!!!

SteveH

Jesus, Vikings just blew it.

SteveH

Tough battle, we clearly won the first 2.5 quarters, they clearly won the last 1.5 quarters. I feel like the offense started pressing in the 2nd half when things weren’t going well, Nick made some throws he doesn’t usually make.

One big takeaway from this game is either the Cardinals front 7 is all going to the pro bowl or our OL needs to step up their game bigtime. Or maybe some combination of both. They had a tough time run blocking and Foles was under pressure quite a bit.

I thought Chippah had a good gameplan using the tight ends so much, but it felt like once they adjusted to that we had a hard time finding something that works. Gotta credit the Cardinals D for making it tough, its obvious why they’re considered one of the best units in the league.

All in all I’ll take the win and hopefully its a learning experience for the team.

Crus57

It’s funny, when our OL gave Foles time we were moving the ball and scoring. As soon as they started getting regular pressure, we’re 3&out over and over.

SteveH

I felt like their coverage tightened up as well, you could see Foles was trying to force the ball in more in the 2nd half. Something for Foles to learn from, when things aren’t going well you can’t try and make things happen that aren’t there.

Lots of McCoy getting hit behind the line again. Makes it tough to run out the clock like that.

On a bright note (in addition to the win): at least the Eagles aren’t the Vikings

SteveH

My favorite part of the whole broadcast: Kenny Moose and Goose talking about the Eagles running out the clock and how this isn’t college anymore… a few weeks after the Eagles bled 9 and a half minutes to ice a game almost purely by running the ball.

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